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Scientific Name: Johnius belangerii (Cuvier, 1830)

Synonym: Corvina belengerii (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Belanger’s Croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Mete ranger poa (মেটে রঙ্গের পোয়া), Rupali Poa (রুপালী পোয়া), Bhola (ভোলা)
Belanger's Croaker - Mete ranger poa (মেটে রঙ্গের পোয়া), Rupali Poa (রুপালী পোয়া), Bhola (ভোলা) - Johnius belangerii - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: Uddin et al (2022)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
The fish has a small, inferior mouth. The scales on the head and body are ctenoid (rough). The gill rakers are short and club-shaped, numbering 9–11 on the lower limb of the first gill arch. The caudal fin is rhomboidal. The body is dark, but pigments are sometimes irregular and concentrated into short, dark bars dorsally or on the spinous dorsal fin. Other fins are often black, and a dark blotch is visible through the gill cover.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
Main References:

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

Other References:

Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.

Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

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